Anthony Michael Hildebrand

Anthony "Bear" Michael Hildebrand, 35, of Taos, NM, was pronounced deceased Thursday, April 25, 2019. Anthony was born December 2, 1983 in Lubbock, TX. He is survived by his partner of 13 years, Diane Turnshek, his parents, Jack and Eileen Hildebrand, and brother, Robert, of Amarillo, Texas, his grandparents, John and Sue Hildebrand of Bedford, Texas, and Dick and Marianna Roth of Sidney, Ohio. He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Kay Roth. Anthony graduated from Monterey High School in Lubbock, TX in 2002. He attended the University of Kansas on a National Merit Scholarship and received a BA in History and English in 2007. He earned a Master's Degree from the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University in 2013. He was Production Manager at Schell Games, creating transformational games, and was Assistant Lead at Kid's Kingdom at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. Anthony also worked at the University of Pittsburgh, the Alumni Office of Carnegie Mellon University and Mr. Nice Guy's Games. He was active in the science fiction community with Parsec (he edited the 2015 Short Story Contest), the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, and the Magic the Gathering communities in Pittsburgh, PA and Lawrence, KS. In 2018, he started working on the rental crew at Earthship Biotecture outside of Taos, NM, building and maintaining sustainable housing for off-grid living. Funeral arrangements are private, but you are invited to visit the website https://www.beartribute.com for photos, memories, and information regarding memorial donations towards the Earthship Biotecture academy scholarship created in his honor.